The twentieth century nearly killed the craft twice: wartime distortion, then the occupation ban. The NBTHK’s founding in 1948 and licensed forging from 1953 rebuilt the sword as an art, crowned by Living National Treasures and the mukansa rank.
Owazamono Buzen ju Kono Sadamitsu Horidousaku平成の大業物、河野貞光の清麿写し豪壮な刀身に草の俱利伽羅彫白鞘入***********************************************【登録 Registration Code】平成3年10月17日 福岡県第92798号【種別 Category】刀 katana【長さ Blade length】74.2cm【反り Curvature】1.9cm【目釘穴 a rivet of a sword hilt】1個one【銘文 Signature and Date】(表)豊前住河野貞光彫同作(裏)辛未年十月日【元幅 Width at the bottom part of blade】36.5mm【先幅 Width at the top】30.0mm【元重 Thickness at the bottom part of blade】8.2mm【先重 Thickness at the top】6.5mm【重量 Weight】刀身 1050g blead just 770g【時代 Period】平成初期 heisei***********************************************
Kono Sadamitsu河野貞光
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Buzen · around 1950-2013
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Shōwa to the present: destruction and revival
The twentieth century nearly killed the craft twice: wartime distortion, then the occupation ban. The NBTHK’s founding in 1948 and licensed forging from 1953 rebuilt the sword as an art, crowned by Living National Treasures and the mukansa rank.
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